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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 

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BESTOOL 


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ALICE  B.  LONG 


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1918 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM 
West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 

AND 

BESTOOL 


By 

ALICE  B.  LONG 


1918 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM 
West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 


Copyright,  1918 
Alice  B.  Long 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 

\ AND 

0 BESTOOL  SYSTEM 

01 

On  Indexes:  Their  Nature  and  Use 


Bestool 

System 


The  purpose  of  Bestool  System  is  to  furnish  any 
minister’s  library  with  a tool  that  will  control  its 
miscellany.  Bestool  works  like  an  index.  For  this 
reason,  if  we  can  define  the  nature  and  use  of  an  in- 
dex, we  shall  at  the  same  time  define  Bestool  System. 


Not  a 
Catalog 


“The  difference  between  a catalog  and  an  index  is  so 
great  that  they  ought  not  to  be  confused ; a catalog 
mainly  deals  with  books,  an  index  mainly  handles 
information.” 


o 

IP 


Not  a 

Classification 


“Our  purpose  is  not  to  bring  our  material  within  a 
scheme  of  rigid  classification,  but  rather  to  provide  a 
convenient  arrangement  by  which  the  kinds  of  mate- 
rial may  be  assigned  fixed  places,  relatively  speak- 
ing.” 


Not  a A filing  system  is  not  selective,  but  will  carry  en- 

Filing  System  unrelated  material  in  mechanical  arrangement. 

An  index  is  relative  to  a well-defined  field. 


-An  If  these  definitions  are  correct,  an  index  handles  in- 

Indeoc  formation;  assigns  fixed  places,  relatively  speaking,  to 

material  in  a well-defined  field.  Bestool  does  this  for 
a ministers’  library.  It  handles,  not  books,  but  in- 
formation; in  the  shape  of  notes,  citations,  clippings; 
assigns  this  material  fixed  places  in  relation  to  simi- 
larity of  thought,  in  the  fields  of  homiletics  and  ap- 
plied sociology. 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 


Minister's 

Library 

His  W orkshop 


“The  minister’s  library  is  his  chest  of  tools.  How 
very  essential  tools  are ! Every  worker,  mental  or 
manual,  must  have  them.  Tools  must  be  up-to-date. 
They  should  represent  the  best  that  can  be  procured 
and  should  embody  every  modern  improvement.”* 


In  the  article  quoted,  the  author  gives  seven  rea- 
sons why  ministers  do  not  keep  themselves  supplied 
with  the  latest  and  best  tools.  The  tools  that  he  refers 
to  are  books,  and  he  appends  a valuable  list  of  books 
to  which  every  minister  should  have  access. 


System 
Multiplies 
A bility 


But  books  on  the  shelf  are  not  the  only  tools  that 
will  make  a minister  more  efficient.  In  reviewing  the 
work,  “Glimpses  of  the  Cosmos,”  by  Dr.  Lester  F. 
Ward,  Prof.  A.  W.  Small  speaks  of  Dr.  Ward’s  “habit 
of  making  entries  in  time,  in  accordance  with  a thoro 
system,  which  accumulated  an  apparatus  of  references 
by  the  use  of  interstitial  moments  which  men  without 
such  a system  would  have  wasted.” 


The  system  herewith  presented  is  a medium  for  such 
efficiency.  BESTOOL  SYSTEM  is  an  alphabetic  sub- 
ject-index for  the  fields  of  Homiletics  and  Social  Re- 
form. It  should  supplement,  or  may  be  used  without, 
a general  classification  for  books  in  the  library.  This 
system  does  not  impose  upon  the  user  another’s  meth- 
od of  working  nor  does  it  demand  of  him  any  effort 
of  adaptation ; but  it  is  an  apparatus  that  can  be  used 
immediately  and  that  will  collect  and  save  references 
so  that  they  can  be  found  again  readily. 


* Dr.  George  S.  Duncan — “The  Minister’s  Library,”  Biblical 
World,  July,  1914. 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


5 


Elusive 

Material 


A 

Good 

Library 

Without 

Bestool 

System 


The  work  that  BESTOOL  SYSTEM  does  in  a 
library  is  to  co-ordinate  the  kinds  of  material  that  can- 
not be  placed  in  an  orderly  way  on  the  shelf.  It  is  to 
act  for  the  miscellaneous  material  that  collects  in  a 
study  exactly  as  an  index  acts  for  a book. 


This  miscellaneous  material  includes  manuscript 
sermons,  clippings,  pamphlets,  a paragraph  in  a book, 
a note  jotted  on  a slip  of  paper.  These  different  kinds 
of  material  are  the  same  stuff  but,  because  of  their 
great  difference  in  shape,  if  they  are  saved  at  all  they 
are  saved  each  in  a different  place,  and  there  is  no  con- 
nection, for  instance,  between  sermon  notes  on  “The 
One-Talent  Man,”  a clipping  on  “The  Limitations  of 
the  Individual,”  and  a book  reference  on  “God’s  Direc- 
tion of  a Life,”  three  titles  which,  even  if  placed  in  the 
same  file,  would  be  scattered  by  the  alphabet,  but 
which  in  their  nature  belong  together. 


To  instance  the  difficulty:  In  a supposed  study  on 

a certain  morning  we  find  on  the  table  literary  mate- 
rial which  has  collected  for  several  days : Last  Sun- 

day’s sermon  in  outline  or  manuscript ; a new  book  on 
Sunday  School  Management,  another  discussing  the 
functions  of  the  city  church ; pamphlets  containing 
valuable  statistics  on  Child  Labor;  a dozen  or  so  clip- 
pings from  newspapers  and  magazines,  among  which 
is  a story  illustrative  of  Courage,  an  account  of  suc- 
cessful co-operation  between  denominations  in  a town, 
and  advance  reports  on  a pending  investigation  of  the 
saloons  in  the  county.  Nearby  is  a book  lying  open 
where  two  paragraphs  are  underlined  and  the  sub- 
jects, “Loyalty”  and  “Indecision”  pencilled  in  the 
margin. 


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A 

Good 

Library 

Without 

Bestool 

System 


We  have  decided  that  all  this  material  shall  be  kept. 
Hqw  shall  we  dispose  it?  We  will  put  the  books  on 
the  shelf  probably  near  others  on  the  same  subjects; 
the  sermon  will  go  into  a drawer,  or  into  a file  that 
is  arranged  alphabetically  by  title ; the  clippings  in  an 
envelope ; or,  if  we  have  many  of  them,  in  several  en- 
velopes labelled  by  alphabet  or  with  a blanket  head- 
ing such  as  : Illustrations.  The  pamphlets  will  be  piled 
on  an  empty  shelf,  and  we  must  trust  our  memory  or 
a notebook  to  keep  hold  of  the  marked  passage  in  the 
book. 


Filing 

by 

Alphabet 


File  by 
Bestool 
System 


The  material  that  we  file  in  envelope,  folder,  or 
drawer  is  filed  alphabetically.  If  we  have  used  a nu- 
merical system  we  must  still  have  a subject  key  to 
this.  Now  the  alphabet  has  its  good  points,  but  it  is 
not  logical,  and  the  material  that  a thinker  saves  is 
logical  material — abstract  subjects  with  many-sided 
meanings.  The  alphabet  for  this  sort 'of  material  may 
be  likened  to  an  escalator,  which  will  carry  but  does 
not  land.  It  may  be  trusted  to  land  specific  terms,  or 
names  of  places,  persons,  or  things.  For  instance, 
Christmas,  or  Chicago,  can  be  given  its  place  in  the 
alphabet  and  readily  found  again ; but  the  idea  of  “Ca- 
pacity” may  be  filed  under  “Ability,”  “Capacity,” 
“Individuality,”  “Talents,”  etc.  Material  may  be  filed 
under  each  of  these  subjects,  and  then  when  something 
is  wanted  on  the  general  idea  it  will  be  looked  up 
under  only  one  of  them.  BESTOOL  SYSTEM  knits 
these  various  terms  together.  By  the  use  of  this  sys- 
tem the  alphabet  will  land  abstract  terms  as  safely  as 
it  does  specific  words  or  names.  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 
is  the  alphabet  made  logical. 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


7 


File  by  alphabet,  but  use  an  alphabet  that  works  like  this — 


z 


Chart,  illustrating  the  suggestiveness  of  the  Bestool  alphabet.  The 
heaviest  line  indicates  the  first  subject  looked  for.  The  lighter  contin- 
uous lines  indicate  the  parts  of  the  alphabet  to  which  this  subject, 
“Ability/’  refers.  Broken  lines  indicate  further  reference. 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 


BESTOOL 

SYSTEM 


Homiletics 


Social 

Reform 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM  is  not  a classification  (Classi- 
fication for  a library  is  discussed  on  page  13).  The 
system  includes  subjects  and  references  only.  It  is  a 
skeleton  which  no  two  men  could  fill  in  in  the  same 
way.  It  is  suggestive  before  anything  has  been  added 
to  it,  and  it  may  be  filled  in  gradually. 

We  have  limited  the  field  of  this  system  to  applied 
theology  and  social  reform.  That  the  topics  of  which 
a minister  makes  the  most  constant  use  are  repre- 
sented in  this  system  has  been  shown  in  careful  test- 
ing: by  comparison  with  subjects  that  have  been  made 
by  ministers  who  have,  kept  an  alphabetical  file  for 
many  years,  by  testimony  of  ministers  who  have  used 
it,  by  indexing  with  it  miscellaneous  collections  of  ser- 
mons, and  by  filing  a large  number  of  newspaper  clip- 
pings, etc.,  with  the  social  reform  subjects. 

Homiletic  Index.  400  main  subjects  complete  with 
cross  references:  an  alphabetical  unit,  but  from  “Abil- 
ity” to  “Zeal”  thoroughly  interwoven.  \ 

The  400  subjects  in  the  Homiletic  Index  were  ob- 
tained by  indexing  the  published  works  of  representa- 
tive divines  and  the  best  collections  of  sermons.  In 
this  work  title  and  text  were  disregarded  and  a ser- 
mon was  indexed  by  the  subject  or  subjects  developed. 
A large  number  of  subjects  obtained  in  this  way  were 
then  sifted  down,  synonomous  subjects  were  dropped, 
and  each  subject  in  the  alphabet  connected  with  every 
other  subject  in  the  alphabet  that  was  allied  in  mean- 
ing. 


Social  Reform  Index,  53  subject-divisions  with 
cross  references  and  addresses  of  important  societies. 

This  index  is  also  alphabetic  in  method,  but  it  masses 
logically,  current  sociological  material,  e.g.,  the  sub- 
ject, “Labor,”  is  sub-divided  for:  General  conditions 

and  market;  Contract;  Organization;  Protection;  Vs. 
Capital.  “Wages”  in  its  alphabetic  place  refers  back 
to  Labor-Contract  and  “Strikes”  refers  to  Labor  vs. 
Capital. 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


9 


Format 

of 

Bestool 


How 
To  Use 
Bestool 
System 


The  complete  indexes  are  given  in  this  booklet,  and 
it  wouki  be  possible  to  use  the  system  with  this  book 
as  a guide  by  setting  up  the  subjects  gradually,  i.e. : As 
a subject  is  used,  make  a card  or  folder  bearing  that 
subject.  There  will  then  at  any  time  be  cards  in  your 
file  for  only  those  subjects  under  which  you  have  made 
entries.  In  this  case  it  would  be  necessary  to  refer 
constantly  to  the  booklet  for  cross  references  and  to 
check  in  the  booklet  the  subjects  that  have  been  used. 
BESTOOL  subjects  may  be  obtained  in  sheet  form,* 
and  the  whole  system  set  up  at  once.  This  form  is 
adaptable  to  a 3x5  card,  or  to  a larger  folder  or 
envelope. 

We  speak  of  using  BESTOOL  in  filing  because  that 
is  the  modern  way  of  keeping  order  and  allowing  for 
expansion.  When  you  set  these  subjects  up,  they  can 
be  made  at  once  to  act  as  a key  to  material  that  is  filed 
for  reference,  as  a check  list  for  manuscript  sermons 
and  as  an  index  to  volumes  of  sermons  or  miscellane- 
ous book  references.  They  will  be  suggestive,  keep 
themselves  in  order,  and  be  just  as  available  twenty 
years  hence. 

Since  the  arrangement  is  alphabetical,  these  subjects 
may  be  used  in  a general  file.  In  this  case  it  might  be 
well  to  put  the  system  subjects  on  another  color  card. 
In  either  case,  make  each  subject  the  key  to  all  that 
you  save  on  that  subject.  If  such  material  is  not  in 
a form  to  be  filed  directly  back  of  the  subject,  make  a 
reference  under  the  subject  indicating  its  whereabouts. 

When  you  find  something — sermon,  poem,  magazine 
article — worth  referring  to  again,  make  an  entry  on  a 
line  of  the  card  or  folder  which  bears  the  proper  sub- 
ject and — the  material  is  under  your  thumb  until  you 
care  to  release  it,  and  it  is  enriched  on  all  sides  by 
supplementary  material. 

*****  * 

Let  us  call  up  again  that  study  with  the  literary 
material  waiting  to  be  disposed,  and  see  how  it  would 
be  cared  for  if  you  are  us'ng  the  BESTOOL  SYSTEM. 


* See  price  list  on  cover. 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 


A 

Good 
Library 
With  a 


The  books  in  your  library  are  arranged  on  the  shelf 
under  the  Decimal  classification  system  (see  page  13)  ; 
there  is  a four-drawer  cabinet  for  catalog  or  index 
cards,  3"  x 5",  and  a two-drawer  cabinet  for  letter  or 
standard  size  folders,  8^4"  xll"  in  vertical  file. 


Good  System 


Bestool  Homi- 
letic subjects  are 
set  up  on  guide 
cards  in  the  cata- 
log case,  and  the 
Social  R e f o r m 
subjects  are  set  up 
on  folders  in  the 
vertical  file.  (See 
c u t,  page  12.) 
With  the  library 
thus  systematized,  we  can  dispose  of  the  material  now 
on  the  table  in  an  accurate  and  efficient  manner. 


The  books  on  the  Sunday  School  and  the  function 
of  the  Church  we  mark  with  their  decimal  numbers  and 
insert  them  in  numerical  order  on  the  shelf ; the  pam- 
phlet on  Child  Labor  we  drop  into  the  folder  bear- 
ing that  subject  in  the  vertical  file.  If  we  find  several 
others  there  so  that  the  folder  is  bulky,  we  will  take 
them  out  and  place  in  a pamphlet  box  labeled  A,  or  I 
(this  on  supposition  that  the  box  is  to  carry  miscel- 
laneous subjects),  or,  if  we  are  likely  to  have  more 
of  the  same  material,  we  will  label  the  box  with  the 
subject,  “Child  Labor.”  But,  however,  we  mark  the 
box,  we  will  make  a note  on  the  folder  labeled  “Child 
Labor”  to  this  effect : See  also  Pamphlet  box  (“A”)  or 
(“Child  Labor”).  The  clipping  on  Courage  we  will 
drop  into  a folder  or  envelope  marked  Clippings  A-C, 
or  even  perhaps  put  it  in  a notebook,  but  whatever  its 
whereabouts,  we  indicate  this  on  the  card  marked 
“Courage”  in  the  catalog  case,  e.g. : See  also  “Clippings 
A-C,”  or  “Notebook  I.”  The  clipping  on  the  idquor 
Question  we  drop  right  into  the  folder  on  that  subject. 
As  for  the  paragraphs  on  Loyalty  and  Indecision,  we 
will  note  the  author,  title  and  page  on  the  card  bear- 
ing these  subjects  in  the  catalog  case  and  then  let  our 
memory  forget  them. 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


11 


THREE  WAYS  OF  SETTING  UP  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


1.  The  simplest  way  to  set  up  the  Homiletic  Subjects  on  a 3"  x 5" 
card : 


/-VEKAC-TY  V~y,„ORY  ~V  VICES  \ 


Q 


1 


2 


2.  To  set  up  on  a guide  card  or  on  a folder  with  a tab  requires 
two  cuttings  but  is  much  more  satisfactory,  as  a large  number  of  sub- 
jects can  be  seen  at  a glance. 


3.  A folder  may  be  used  for  both  indexes.  It  is  particularly 
recommended  for  the  Social  Reform  subjects,  as  much  of  this  material 
consists  of  cuttings  from  newspapers.  Clippings  can  be  dropped  inside 
and  references  made  on  the  outside. 


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Bestool 

Is 

Adaptable 


Standard  size  cabinets  for  cards,  as  shown  on  page 
10,  or  for  folders  in  vertical  file,  shown  below,  are  de- 
sirable, and  they  can  be  obtained  in  a variety  of  styles 
and  prices  from  firms  such  as  Globe-Wernicke,  Li- 
brary Bureau,  Macey,  Weis,  and  Yawman  & Erbe. 
Local  dealers  everywhere  carry  cards  3"  x 5"  and 
folders  8/2"  x 11". 


But  Bestool  can  be  used 
without  any  particular  .filing 
outfit.  The  subjects  can  be 
attached  to  such  cards  or 
envelopes  as  you  are  using 
or,  if  you  have  none,  you 
can  ha1^  manila  folders  cut 
to  fit  a desk  drawer. 


Bestool 

In 

Note -Taking 


Carry  in  your  pocket  a tablet  the  same  size  as  the 
cards  in  your  file.  When  you  take  a note,  endorse  it 
with  a BESTOOL  subject  or  the  number  for  that  sub- 
ject, and  when  you  are  next  in  your  library  these  notes 
can  be  dropped  back  of  the  proper  subject. 


If  you  prefer  to  keep  notes  consecutively,  in  a book, 
index  them  as  you  take  them  with  a BESTOOL  Sub- 
ject in  the  margin,  and  then  from  this  book  make  an 
entry  for  the  page  of  the  notebook  on  the  card  bearing 
the  subject. 


Index 

to 

Volumes  of 
Sermons 


Book  index  and  file  in  one.  One  of  the  most  valu- 
able uses  of  BESTOOL  is  for  books  of  collected  ser- 
mons or  essays.  Each  sermon  in  a volume  is  quite 
separate  and  distinct  from  others  under  the  same  cover. 
No  shelf  arrangement  will  take  care  of  this,  and  no 
memory  can  be  taxed  to  this  extent.  If  you  have  a set 
of  the  sermons  of  Phillips  Brooks,  get  the  BESTOOL 
subjects*  for  these  books,  and  the  200  sermons  will  be 
indexed  in  your  file  together  with  your  own  references. 


* See  price  list  on  cover. 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


13 


Classification 
for  a Small 
Library 


BESTOOL 

Supplements 

General 

Classification 


A 

Hint 
for  Your 
General  File 


A library  of  whatever  size  can  be  efficiently  classi- 
fied with  the  Decimal  Classification  and  Relative  Index, 
by  Melvil  Dewey,  published  by  Library  Bureau,  New 
York.  A short  acquaintance  with  the  classification  will 
familiarize  one  with  the  main  divisions,  and  even  with 
the  short  (three-figure)  forms.*  A knowledge  of  this 
system  is  not  only  a convenience  in  handling  one’s 
own  library,  but  it  is  valuable  in  consulting  other 
libraries.  The  Decimal  classification  has  been  adopted 
for  international  bibliography  and  is  in  use  by  a ma- 
jority of  the  public  libraries  in  this  country. 


A classification  system,  however,  decreases  in  its 
utility  value  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  its  sub- 
divisions. The  Decimal  system  covers  all  knowledge 
and  so  makes  clear  and  useful  divisions  in  a miscel- 
laneous collection  of  books ; it  is  not  practicable  to 
use  intensively  over  a single  field,  i.e.,  the  subjects  in 
BESTOOL  would  fall  under  either  I or  II  of  the  main 
Decimal  divisions,  and  to  assign  numbers  to  the  merg- 
ing shades  of  an  idea  would  be  neither  wise  nor  use- 
ful. BESTOOL  works  intensively  and  controls  in- 
volved thought  in  alphabetic  arrangement. 


Certain  subjects  belong  to  a definite  group  and  are 
better  classified  than  spread  over  the  alphabet.  For 
instance,  instead  of  filing  Mens’  Club  under  M and 
Sunday  School  under  S,  we  suggest  placing  these  and 
similar  subjects  as  sub-divisions  in  alphabetic  order 
back  of  Pastoral  Work;  instead  of  filing  Mark  under 
M and  Old  Testament  under  O,  arrange  these  in  al- 
phabet or  canonical  order  under  Bible. 

On  the  following  page,  we  show  such  sub-divisions 
for  the  subjects,  “Bible,”  “Catholic  Church,”  “Jews,” 
“Churches,”  and  “Jesus  Christ.”  as  they  have  been 
standardized  by  the  American  Library  Association. 

* An  excellent  adaptation  of  the  Decimal  Classification  for  use  in  a private 
library  has  been  devised  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Ebersol  and  is  sold  by  The  Newspaper 
Clipping's  Co.,  Ottawa,  111. 


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THE  MINISTER’S  LIBRARY 


Illustrations  of  Alphabetic  Sub-divisions 
grouped  under  one  subject 


BIBLE 

Antiquities 
Astronomy 
Bibliography 
Biography 
Canon 
Chronology 
Commentaries 
Concordances 
Criticism  and  Interpreta- 
tion 

Dictionaries 

Ethnology 

Evidences  and  Authority 

Geography 

History 

Inspiration 

Introductions 

Literary  character 

Manuscripts 

Miscellaneous 

Music 

Natural  History 

Numismatics 

Paraphrases 

Pictorial  Illustrations 

Prophesies 

Psychology 

Publication  and  Distribu- 
tion 

Question  Books 
Revision 
Science 
Stories 

Study  and  Teaching 
Versions 

BIBLE  (Old  Testament) 

The  books  arranged  in  ca- 
nonical or  alphabetical 
order 

BIBLE  (New  Testament) 

See  note  above. 


CATHOLIC  CHURCH 

Authority 

Biography 

Catechisms  arid  creeds 

Clergy 

Dictionaries 

Directories 

Doctrinal  and  Controver- 
sial 

Education 

Government 

History 

Liturgy  and  Ritual 

Missions 

Name 

Periodicals 

Social  Relations 

Statistics 

JEWS 

Antiquities 

Biography 

Charities 

Civilization 

Education 

Ethnology 

History 

Law 

Liturgy  and  Ritual 
Lost  Tribes 
Persecution 

Political  and  Social  Con- 
ditions 
Religion 

Social  Life  and  Customs 


AND  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


15 


Illustrations  of  Alphabetic  Sub-divisions 
grouped  under  one  subject 


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Membership 

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Attendance 

Boys 

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Choir 

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Members 

New  Members  * 


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Vol.  8 

1.  A Bloody  Monster Temperance 

(Talmadge) 

2.  Songs  in  the  Night Darkness.  Optimism 

(Spurgeon) 

6.  The  Forgiveness  of  Sins Conversion.  Sin 

(Clifford) 

8.  The  Spirit  of  Christ — 

Christ  in  Us.  Missions.  Salvation 

(Fowler) 

10.  The  Transfigured  Sackcloth Darkness.  Evil 

( Watkinson) 

11.  The  Fall  of  Satan Pride 

(Lorimer) 

12.  Thirst  Satisfied God,  search  for 

(Knox  Little) 

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SECOND  EDITION 


HOMILETICS 


SOCIAL  REFORM 


Copyright,  1914,  1918,  A.  B.  Long. 


THE  BESTOOL  SYSTEM 


SUBJECT -INDEX  FOR  A PRIVATE  LIBRARY 

SECOND  EDITION 


HOMILETICS 

ABILITY 

1. 

capacity,  (the)  individual,  strength. 

ACTION 

2. 

decision,  meditation,  will. 

ADVERSITY 

3. 

affliction,  compensation,  disappointment,  discipline, 
poverty,  prosperity. 

ADVICE 

see  Counsel. 

AFFECTIONS 

4. 

affinity,  desire,  emotions,  family,  friendship,  heart, 
home,  love,  social  relations,  sympathy. 

AFFINITY 

5. 

affections,  desire,  division,  friendship,  natural  man. 

AFFLICTION 

6. 

adversity,  discipline,  poverty,  sorrow,  sickness,  suf- 
fering, trouble. 

AGE 

7. 

counsel,  experience,  past,  youth. 

AMBITION 

8. 

aspiration,  avarice,  fame,  power,  success,  temptation, 
worldliness. 

AMUSEMENTS 

9. 

excitement,  pleasure,  recreation,  temptation,  Avorldli- 
ness. 

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ANGER 

10 

emotion,  self-control. 

ANNOYANCE 

see  Trouble,  (The)  Trivial. 

ANXIETY 

11. 

assurance,  fear,  peace,  trust,  worry. 

APPRECIATION 

12. 

discouragement,  praise,  sympathy,  worth. 

ARGUMENT 

see  Controversy. 

ASPIRATION 

13. 

ambition,  desire,  effort,  hope,  ideal,  God  (incarnate). 

ASSURANCE 

14. 

anxiety,  belief,  conviction,  faith,  hope,  justification, 
security,  strength,  trust. 

ATHEISM 

15. 

doubt,  God,  skepticism,  unbelief. 

ATONEMENT 

16. 

Cross,  incarnation,  reconciliation,  redemption,  sacrifice. 

AUTHORITY 
(IN  RELIGION) 

17. 

belief,  creed,  dogma,  freedom,  obedience. 

AVARICE 

18. 

ambition,  covetousness,  envy,  generosity,  honesty, 
money,  riches. 

BACKSLIDING 

19. 

Christian  life,  indifference,  steadfastness,  weakness, 
zeal. 

BAPTISM 

20. 

conversion,  natural  man,  regeneration,  sacraments. 

BEAUTY 

21. 

goodness,  harmony,  perfection. 

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BURDENS 

see  Affliction,  (The)  Cross,  Duty,  Responsibility. 

BEGINNINGS 

see  First  Things,  Opportunity,  Preparation,  Seed, 
Trivial. 

BELIEF 

22. 

assurance,  authority  (in  religion),  creed,  faith,  re- 
ligion (personal),  self-reliance,  sign,  truth. 

BELIEVERS 

23. 

Christian,  class,  division,  faith,  family,  (the)  uncon- 
verted. 

BENEVOLENCE 

24. 

fellowship,  philanthropy,  sympathy,  unselfishness. 

BIBLE 

25. 

authority,  gospel,  revelation. 

BIGOTRY 

see  Fanaticism,  Tolerance. 

BIRTHRIGHT 

see  Choice,  Eternal. 

BLESSINGS 

26. 

gratitude,  memorials,  prosperity,  reward. 

BLINDNESS 

27. 

conscience,  darkness,  opportunity,  revelation,  sensibil- 
ity, sin,  unbelief. 

BOLDNESS 

28. 

courage,  humility,  meekness,  opportunity. 

BRAVERY 

see  Courage. 

BREAD 

see  First  Things,  Food,  Life. 

BROTHERHOOD 

29. 

church  (the  Christian),  class,  fellowship,  humanity, 
liberty — Christian,  tolerance,  unity — Christian. 

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BUSINESS 

30. 

social  relations,  vocation,  work,  worldliness. 

CAPACITY 

31. 

ability,  power,  receptivity,  revelation,  unbelief. 

CATHOLICITY 

see  Tolerance,  Unity — Christian. 

CEREMONIALISM 

see  Form,  Law,  Pharasaism. 

CHANGE 

32. 

creation,  eternal,  growth,  progress,  recreation,  regener- 
ation. 

CHARACTER 

33. 

Christ  (the  pattern),  Christian  life,  discipline,  educa- 
tion, heredity,  greatness,  continuity — law  of,  reputa- 
tion, worth,  will. 

CHARITY 

see  Brotherhood  (of  Man),  Judgment  (of  Others), 
Love,  Philanthropy,  Sympathy. 

CHEERFULNESS 

34. 

see  Courage,  Happiness,  Optimism. 

CHILDREN 

35. 

family,  home,  youth. 

CHOICE 

36. 

compromise,  decision,  desire,  destiny,  heredity,  oppor- 
tunity, self-denial,  tests. 

CHOICE,  ETERNAL  judgment,  rejection,  retribution,  salvation,  soul. 

37. 


CHRIST 

38. 

atonement,  redemption,  salvation. 

CHRIST  (HUMAN) 

39. 

Christ  (the  pattern),  incarnation,  second  advent. 

CHRIST 

(THE  JUDGE)  judgment,  justice,  mercy,  rejection. 
40. 


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CHRIST 

(THE  LORD) 

41. 

God,  (the)  kingdom. 

CHRIST 

(THE  PATTERN) 

42. 

Christ  (human),  Christian  life,  piety. 

CHRIST  (IN  US) 

43. 

Christian  life,  grace,  Holy  Spirit. 

CHRISTIAN 

44. 

believers,  character,  Christ  (the  pattern),  Christ  in  us, 
Church,  righteousness,  witnessing. 

CHRISTIAN  LIFE 

45. 

backsliding,  character,  Christ  in  us,  citizenship,  con- 
duct, conflict,  discipline,  growth — Christian,  liberty — 
Christian,  living,  love,  religion. 

CHRISTIANITY 

46. 

Christ,  dogma,  faith,  God  (incarnate),  miracles  mis- 
sions religion. 

CHURCH  (THE) 

47. 

Christian,  fellowship,  (the)  kingdom. 

CITIZENSHIP 

48. 

Christian  life,  government,  patriotism,  social  relations. 

CIVILIZATION 

49. 

culture,  history,  humanity,  man,  progress. 

CLASS 

50. 

Brotherhood,  division,  egotism,  pride. 

COMFORT 

51. 

affliction,  assurance,  depression,  discouragement,  opti- 
mism, sorrow,  sympathy. 

COMMUNION 

52. 

Christ  in  us,  God  (man’s  relation  to),  fellowship,  form, 
prayer,  sacraments. 

COMPASSION 

53. 

mercy,  sympathy. 

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COMPENSATION 

54. 

adversity,  fate,  fortune,  patience,  reward. 

COMPROMISE 

55. 

Christian  life,  choice,  conscience,  decision,  duty,  evil, 
motive,  right,  sin,  temptation. 

CONCEIT 

56. 

see  Egotism,  Pride,  Self-righteousness. 

CONDUCT 

57. 

duty,  habit,  life,  living,  social  relations. 

CONFESSION 

58. 

penitence. 

CONFLICT 

59. 

Christian  life,  discipline,  evil,  preparedness. 

CONFORMITY 

60. 

custom,  form,  obedience,  orthodoxy. 

CONSCIENCE 

61. 

backsliding,  compromise,  duty,  guilt,  Holy  Spirit, 
liberty — Christian,  remorse,  sin,  temptation. 

CONSECRATION 

62 

compromise,  duty,  earnestness,  sacrifice,  unselfishness, 
zeal. 

CONSISTENCY 

63. 

reason,  sincerity. 

CONTENTMENT 

64. 

happiness,  harmony,  joy,  peace,  self-control,  unrest. 

CONTINUITY, 
(LAW  OF) 

65. 

character,  effect,  recompense,  retribution,  reward. 

CONTROVERSY 

66. 

division,  doubt,  peace. 

CONVERSION 

67. 

change,  Christian  life,  evangelism,  penitence,  regener- 
ation, repentance. 

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CONVICTION 

68. 

assurance,  conversion,  earnestness,  guilt. 

COUNSEL 

69. 

age,  warning,  wisdom,  young  men. 

COURAGE 

70. 

boldness,  danger,  decision,  fortitude,  heroism,  right, 
weakness. 

COVENANT 

71. 

promise. 

COVETOUSNESS 

72. 

avarice,  envy,  selfishness. 

CREATION 

73. 

action,  change,  choice,  freedom,  God  (Creator  and 
Ruler),  time. 

CREEDS 

74. 

authority  (in  religion),  dogma,  orthodoxy,  religion, 
tolerance. 

CRITICISM 

see  Judgment  (of  others). 

THE  CROSS 

75. 

atonement,  sacrifice,  unselfishness. 

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CULTURE 

76. 

civilization,  education,  intelligence,  self-culture. 

CUSTOM 

77. 

conformity,  morality,  social  relations,  time. 

DANGER 

78. 

courage,  delusion,  fear,  refuge,  temptation,  warning. 

DARKNESS 

79. 

blindness,  depression,  evil,  remorse,  sin,  unbelief. 

DEATH 

80. 

future  life,  immortality. 

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DEBT 

81. 

forgiveness,  giving,  gratitude,  humility,  mercy,  thrift. 

DECISION 

82. 

action,  belief,  choice,  compromise,  courage,  independ- 
ence, tests. 

DEGRADATION 

83. 

backsliding,  integrity,  shame,  weakness. 

DELAY 

see  Procrastination. 

DELIVERANCE 

see  Help,  Redemption,  Refuge. 

DELUSION 

84. 

belief,  error,  influence,  prudence,  temptation,  trust, 
truth. 

DENIAL 

85. 

invitation,  loyalty,  rejection,  weakness,  witnessing. 

DEPENDENCE 

86. 

guidance,  independence,  resignation,  providence,  self- 
righteousness,  trust. 

DEPRAVITY 

see  Degradation,  Sin. 

DEPRESSION 

87. 

comfort,  discouragement,  emotions. 

DESIRE 

88. 

aspiration,  choice,  God-search  for,  need,  self-control, 
will. 

DESPAIR 

see  Depression,  Discouragement,  Remorse. 

DESTINY 

89. 

character,  choice,  fate,  fortune,  purpose  (God’s  for  us). 

DEVOTION 

90. 

religion — personal,  worship. 

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DISAPPOINTMENT  delusion,  hope. 


91. 

DISCERNMENT 

92. 

discrimination,  intelligence,  knowledge,  understand- 
ing, vision,  wisdom. 

DISCIPLINE 

93. 

adversity,  affliction,  character,  Christian  life,  educa- 
tion, experience. 

DISCONTENT 

see  Unrest. 

DISCOURAGE- 

MENT 

94. 

appreciation,  comfort,  darkness,  depression,  doubt, 
hope,  optimism,  patience. 

DISCRIMINATION 

95. 

prudence,  wisdom. 

DISSATISFACTION 

see  Unrest. 

DIVISION 

96. 

affinity,  believer,  class,  conflict,  discrimination,  judg- 
ment. 

DOCTRINE 

97. 

authority,  belief,  truth. 

DOGMA 

98. 

creeds,  doctrine,  progress,  truth. 

DOUBT 

99. 

belief,  faith,  inquiry,  sign,  skepticism. 

DREAMS 

100. 

ideal,  visions. 

DUTY 

101. 

compromise,  conduct,  conscience,  consecration,  fidel- 
ity, justice,  Providence,  right,  self-denial. 

EARNESTNESS 

102. 

consecration,  conviction,  enthusiasm,  zeal. 

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EDUCATION 

103. 

character,  culture,  discipline,  growth,  ignorance,  self- 
culture, teaching. 

EFFECT 

104. 

continuity — law  of,  fate. 

EFFORT 

105. 

action,  perseverance,  struggle. 

EGOTISM 

106. 

honor,  pharisaism,  pride,  self-righteousness. 

EMOTIONS 

107. 

affections,  depression,  earnestness,  excitement,  joy, 
zeal. 

ENDURANCE 

see  Fortitude. 

ENERGY 

see  Power. 

ENMITY 

108. 

hatred,  peace,  revenge. 

ENTHUSIASM 

109. 

zeal. 

ENVY 

110. 

avarice,  covetousness. 

ERROR 

111. 

delusion,  ignorance,  superstition,  truth. 

ESCHATOLOGY 

see  Death,  Future,  Life,  Heaven,  Immortality,  Resur- 
rection. 

ESSENTIALS 

see  First  Things. 

ETERNAL 

112. 

Bible,  change,  infinite,  reality,  trivial,  truth. 

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ETERNITY 

113. 

future  life,  immortality,  infinite,  time. 

EVANGELISM 

114. 

conversion,  gospel,  invitation,  missions,  revivals,  souls. 

EVIL 

115. 

compromise,  conflict,  darkness,  purity,  righteousness, 
temptation,  sin. 

EVILDOERS 

seeWicked. 

EXAMPLE 

116. 

Christ  (the  pattern),  counsel,  influence,  past. 

EXCITEMENT 

117. 

amusements,  emotion,  enthusiasm,  fanaticism. 

EXCUSES 

118. 

decision,  procrastination. 

EXPERIENCE 

119. 

age,  discipline,  growth,  life. 

FAILURE 

120. 

adversity,  success. 

FAITH 

121 

assurance,  belief,  hope,  ideal,  justification,  receptivity,, 
skepticism,  tests,  trust. 

FAITHFULNESS 

see  Fidelity. 

FAME 

122. 

ambition,  honor,  praise,  reputation. 

FAMILY 

123. 

affections,  children,  home. 

FANATICISM 

124 

enthusiasm,  excitement,  persecution,  superstition,  tol- 
erance, zeal. 

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FATE 

125. 

compensation,  destiny,  effect,  freedom. 

FAULTS 

126. 

judgment  (of  others),  perfection. 

FEAR 

127. 

anxiety,  assurance,  boldness,  courage,  danger,  self- 
reliance,  superstition. 

FEELINGS 

see  Emotions,  Affections. 

FELLOWSHIP 

128. 

• 

benevolence,  brotherhood  (of  man),  church,  love,  so 
ciety,  sympathy. 

FIDELITY 

129. 

duty,  honesty,  integrity,  steadfastness,  truth. 

FIRST  THINGS 

130. 

danger,  discrimination,  need,  salvation. 

FLATTERY 

see  Praise. 

FOLLY 

131. 

blindness,  delusion,  error,  prudence. 

FOOD 

132. 

desire,  first  things,  life. 

FORBEARANCE 

133. 

God,  love  (divine),  mercy,  patience,  revenge,  self 
control. 

FORGIVENESS 

134. 

enmity,  love  (divine),  penitence,  sin. 

FORM 

135. 

conformity,  heart,  motive,  reality,  reason,  tolerance. 

FORTITUDE 

136. 

courage,  strength. 

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FORTUNE 

137. 

adversity,  destiny,  effect,  compensation,  fate,  prosper- 
ity, success. 

FREEDOM 

138. 

authority  (in  religion),  Christian  life,  dogma,  higher 
life,  law,  liberty  (Christian),  redemption,  truth. 

FRIENDSHIP 

139. 

affections,  affinity,  giving,  influence  (personal),  love, 
social  relations,  sympathy. 

FRUITS 

140. 

good  works,  tests,  usefulness. 

• 

FUTURE 

141. 

anxiety,  destiny,  fate,  fortune,  hope,  mystery,  oppor- 
tunity, progress,  prophecy,  trust. 

FUTURE  LIFE 

142. 

Heaven,  Hell,  immortality,  judgment,  salvation,  soul. 

GETHSEMANE 

143. 

Christ  (human),  suffering. 

GIFTS 

see  Ability,  Giving,  Blessings. 

GIVING 

144. 

debt,  friendship,  sacrifice. 

GOD 

145. 

athieism,  Holy  Spirit,  Infinite,  Providence,  religion, 
truth. 

GOD  (CREATOR 
AND  RULER) 

146. 

creation,  Christ  (the  Lord). 

GOD 

(THE  FATHER) 

147. 

guidance,  love — divine,  trust. 

GOD  (INCARNATE)  aspiration,  Christ  in  us,  Christianity,  Holy  Spirit,  hu- 
148.  manity,  incarnation,  inspiration,  miracles,  nature,  re- 

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GOD  (MAN’S  RELA  -Christ  in  us,  God — incarnate,  grace,  invitation,  relig- 


TION  TO) 

149. 

ion — personal,  spirituality,  trust,  warning,  worship. 

GOD 

(SEARCH  FOR) 

150. 

desire,  inquiry,  unrest. 

GOOD  WORKS 

151. 

Christian  life,  conduct,  faith,  fruits,  immortality — 
earthly. 

GOODNESS 

152. 

beauty,  Christian,  evil,  morality,  righteousness,  virtue 

GOSPEL 

153. 

Christianity,  evangelism,  salvation. 

GOSSIP 

see  Judgment  (of  others).  Tongue. 

GOVERNMENT 

154. 

citizenship,  law,  liberty,  progress,  society. 

GRACE 

155. 

Christ  in  us,  God  (man’s  relation  to),  growth — Chris- 
tian, invitation,  piety,  receptivity,  religion — personal 
supernatural. 

GRATITUDE 

156. 

blessings,  debt,  praise. 

GREATNESS 

157. 

character,  service,  worth. 

GRIEF 

see  Affliction,  Sorrow,  Trouble. 

GROWTH, 

CHRISTIAN 

158. 

change,  Christian  life,  continuity,  education,  experi- 
ence, grace,  health — spiritual,  higher  life,  sanctifica- 
tion. 

GUIDANCE 

159. 

dependence,  God  (the  Father)  Holy  Spirit,  Provi- 
dence. teaching,  trust. 

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GUILT 

160. 

conviction,  innocence,  loneliness,  remorse. 

HABITS 

161. 

character,  continuity — law  of. 

HAPPINESS 

162. 

contentment,  joy,  pleasure. 

HARDNESS 
OF  HEART 

163. 

receptivity,  unbelief,  understanding. 

HARMONY 

164. 

beauty,  peace,  perfection,  strife,  unity. 

HATRED 

165. 

anger,  revenge. 

HEALING 

166. 

miracle,  sickness. 

HEALTH, 

SPIRITUAL 

167. 

growth — Christian,  sensibility,  spirituality. 

HEARING 

168. 

see  Blindness,  Hardness  of  Heart,  Obedience,  Oppor 
tunity,  Receptivity,  Sensibility. 

HEART 

169. 

affections,  motive,  natural  man,  regeneration,  sincer- 
ity, veracity. 

HEAVEN 

170. 

future  life. 

HELL 

171. 

future  life,  retribution. 

HELP 

172. 

hindrance,  influence,  redemption,  refuge,  sympathy. 

HEREDITY 

173. 

character,  family,  fate,  individual,  influence. 

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HERESY 

see  Conformity,  Orthodoxy. 

HEROISM 

174. 

courage. 

HIGHER  LIFE 

175. 

characer,  Christian  life,  freedom,  growth,  past,  peace, 
revelation,  struggle. 

HINDRANCE 

176. 

help,  liberty — Christian,  opposition,  progress. 

HISTORY 

177. 

humanity. 

HOLINESS 

178. 

integrity,  perfection,  purity,  sanctification. 

HOLY  SPIRIT 
179. 

Christ  in  us,  conscience,  God  incarnate,  incarnation 
inspiration,  natural  man,  revelation,  spirituality. 

HOME 

180. 

affections,  children,  family. 

HONESTY 

181. 

avarice,  integrity,  sincerity. 

HONOR 

182. 

reputation. 

HOPE 

183. 

aspiration,  discouragement,  faith,  future,  optimism. 

HOSPITALITY 

see  Home. 

HUMAN  NATURE 

184. 

experience,  God  incarnate,  man,  natural  man. 

HUMANITY 

185. 

brotherhood  of  man,  God  incarnate,  history,  ntan,  so- 
ciety, unity — Christian. 

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HUMILITY 

186. 

ambition,  boldness,  meekness,  pride. 

HUNGER, 

SPIRITUAL 

see  Desire,  Food,  God  (Search  for).  Inquiry,  First 
Things. 

HYPOCRISY 

187. 

self-righteousness,  sincerity,  truth. 

IDEAL 

188. 

aspiration,  dream,  eternal,  faith,  invisible,  purpose* 
reality. 

IDLENESS 

see  Industry 

IDOLATRY 

189. 

superstition,  worldliness,  worship. 

IGNORANCE 

190. 

darkness,  education,  error,  superstition. 

IMMORTALITY 

191. 

death,  eternity,  future  life,  heaven,  resurrection. 

IMMORTALITY, 

EARTHLY 

192. 

good  works,  influence,  memorials. 

INCARNATION 

193. 

atonement,  Christ  (Human),  God  (Incarnate). 

INDEPENDENCE 

194. 

counsel,  debt,  dependence,  influence,  loneliness,  oppo- 
sition, self-reliance,  strength. 

INDIFFERENCE 

195. 

backsliding,  hardness  of  heart,  hearing,  unconverted, 
zeal. 

INDIVIDUAL, 

(THE) 

196. 

ability,  heredity,  Providence,  purpose — (God’s,  for  us), 
responsibility. 

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INDIVIDUALITY 

197. 

personality. 

INDUSTRY 

198. 

thrift,  time,  work. 

INFINITE 

199. 

eternal,  God,  mystery. 

INFLUENCE 

200. 

example,  heredity,  immortality — earthly,  independence, 
liberty — Christian,  power,  responsibility,  social  rela- 
tions. 

INFLUENCE, 

PERSONAL 

201. 

example,  friendship,  leadership,  liberty — Christian,  op- 
portunity, personality,  responsibility. 

INNOCENCE 

202. 

guilt,  ignorance,  purity. 

INQUIRY 

203. 

conversion,  counsel,  doubt,  faith,  God — search  for, 
prayer,  religion — personal. 

INSPIRATION 

204. 

Christ  in  us,  Holy  Spirit,  incarnation. 

INSTABILITY 

see  Decision.  Fidelity,  Independence,  Integrity,  Stead- 
fastness. 

INTEGRITY 

205. 

character,  courage,  fidelity,  honesty,  sincerity,  right, 
soul,  veracity,  worth. 

INTELLIGENCE 

206. 

culture,  ignorance,  knowledge,  reason,  thought,  wis- 
dom. 

INVISIBLE 

207. 

form,  ideal,  reality. 

INVITATION 

208. 

denial,  evangelism,  Grace,  Holy  Spirit,  mercy,  oppor- 
tunity, rejection. 

JESUS  CHRIST 

see  Christ. 

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35 


JOY 

209. 

happiness,  optimism. 

JUDGMENT 

210. 

Christ  (the  judge),  future  life,  retribution. 

JUDGMENT 
(OF  OTHERS) 

211. 

faults,  kindness,  tongue. 

JUSTICE 

212. 

duty,  judgment,  mercy,  oppression. 

JUSTIFICATION 

213. 

assurance,  salvation. 

KINDNESS 

214. 

judgment  (of  others),  love. 

KINGDOM  (THE) 

215. 

ideal,  Christ  (the  Lord),  missions,  perfection,  progress, 
second  advent,  unity — Christian. 

KNOWLEDGE 

216. 

experience,  intelligence,  wisdom. 

LABOR 

see  Industry,  Work. 

LAW 

217. 

government,  liberty,  morality,  pharisaism. 

LEADERSHIP 

218. 

guidance,  influence — personal,  power,  prophecy. 

LIBERTY 

219. 

freedom,  government,  law,  power. 

LIBERTY, 

CHRISTIAN 

220. 

Christian  life,  conscience,  brotherhood,  fellowship, 
freedom,  hindrance,  influence,  responsibility,  self-con- 
trol, temperance. 

36  BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


LIBERTY  OF 
CONSCIENCE 

221. 

heresy,  persecution. 

LIES 

see  Tongue,  Truth. 

LIFE 

222. 

character,  choice — eternal,  conduct,  experience,  living, 
purpose  (God’s,  for  us),  spiritual  life,  time. 

LIGHT 

223. 

revelation. 

LITTLE  THINGS 

see  Trivial. 

LIVING 

224. 

business,  Christian  life,  conduct,  discipline,  life,  pleas- 
ure, social  relations. 

LONELINESS 

225. 

independence,  sympathy. 

LORD’S  SUPPER 

see  Communion,  Sacraments. 

LOVE 

226. 

affections,  brotherhood,  Christian  life,  fellowship, 
friendship,  sympathy. 

LOVE,  DIVINE 

227. 

God,  forbearance,  forgiveness,  redemption. 

LOWLY  LIVES 

228. 

fidelity,  greatness,  humility,  service,  trivial. 

LOYALTY 

229. 

fidelity,  integrity,  veracity. 

MAN 

230. 

civilization,  family,  future  life,  heredity,  humanity. 

MEDITATION 

231. 

action,  thought. 

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37 


MEEKNESS 

232. 

boldness,  humility. 

MEMORIALS 

233. 

blessings,  gratitude,  immortality  (earthly),  past. 

MERCY 

234. 

choice — eternal,  compassion,  cruelty,  debt,  forbear- 
ance, invitation,  justice,  pardon,  penitence,  revenge. 

MILLENIUM 

see  Kingdom  (The),  Second  Advent. 

MIND 

see  Intelligence,  Memory,  Reason,  Thought. 

MINISTERS  OF 
THE  GOSPEL 

235. 

preaching. 

MIRACLES 

236. 

God  incarnate,  healing,  continuity — law  of,  nature, 
supernatural. 

MISFORTUNE 

see  Adversity. 

MISSIONS 

237. 

brotherhood,  evangelism,  (the)  kingdom. 

MONEY 

238. 

avarice,  riches,  temptation. 

MORAL 

EDUCATION 

see  Education. 

MORALITY 

239. 

custom,  goodness,  law,  natural  man,  self-righteousness. 

MOTIVE 

240. 

good  works,  heart,  sincerity. 

MYSTERY 

241. 

faith,  future,  infinite,  supernatural,  trust. 

38 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


NAME 

see  Reputation. 

NATURAL  MAN 

242. 

goodness,  heart,  human  nature,  morality,  redemption. 

NATURE 

243. 

supernatural. 

NEED 

244. 

desire,  first  things. 

NEW  BIRTH 

see  Regeneration. 

NOBILITY 

see  Greatness,  Worth. 

OBEDIENCE 

245. 

authority,  conformity,  resignation,  witnessing. 

OBLIVION 

see  Immortality,  (Earthly),  Memorials. 

OLD  AGE 

see  Age. 

OPPORTUNITY 

246. 

blindness,  boldness,  choice — eternal,  future,  influence, 
invitation,  procrastination. 

OPPOSITION 

247. 

Christian  life,  courage,  hindrance,  independence,  in- 
tegrity, persecution. 

OPPRESSION 

248. 

justice,  mercy. 

OPTIMISM 

249. 

blessing,  hope,  depression,  comfort,  joy. 

ORTHODOXY 

250. 

creeds,  tolerance. 

BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS  39 


PARDON 

251. 

forgiveness,  justice,  mercy,  penitence,  redemption. 

PASSION 

see  Anger,  Emotion. 

PAST 

252. 

age,  example,  experience,  future. 

PATIENCE 

253. 

anxiety,  discouragement,  forbearance,  perseverance. 

PEACE 

254. 

contentment,  harmony,  higher  life,  reconciliation, 
strife,  victory. 

PENITENCE 

255. 

confession,  forgiveness,  hypocrisy,  remorse,  repent- 
ance, sin,  sorrow. 

PENTECOST 

see  Holy  Spirit. 

PERFECTION 

256. 

ideal,  sanctification. 

PERSECUTION 

257. 

courage,  fortitude,  opposition. 

PERSEVERANCE 

258. 

opposition,  patience,  purpose,  steadfastness,  success, 
will. 

PERSONALITY 

259. 

(The)  individual,  influence — personal,  integrity,  self- 
reverence, soul. 

PHARISAISM 

260. 

law,  piety,  self-righteousness. 

PHILANTHROPY 

261. 

benevolence,  social  service. 

PIETY 

262. 

Pharisaism,  righteousness,  sincerity,  worship. 

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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


PLEASURE 

263. 

amusements,  happiness,  worldliness. 

POPULARITY 

264. 

fame,  honor. 

POVERTY 

265. 

adversity. 

POWER 

266. 

ambition,  energy,  influence,  leadership,  liberty. 

PRACTICE 

see  Discipline,  Fruits,  Habit,  Perfection. 

PRAISE 

267. 

appreciation,  reward. 

PRAISE 

268. 

gratitude,  worship. 

PRAYER 

269. 

devotion,  God  (man’s  relation  to). 

PREJUDICE 

see  Custom,  Hardness  of  Heart,  Ignorance,  Receptiv 
ity. 

PREPARATION 

270. 

discipline,  preparedness,  purpose,  self-control,  strug- 
gle. 

PREPAREDNESS 

271. 

conflict,  vocation,  warning. 

PRIDE 

272. 

dependence,  egotism,  humility,  self-righteousness. 

PROCRASTINA- 

TION 

273. 

excuses,  opportunity. 

PROFANITY 

274. 

reverence. 

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41 


PROGRESS 

275. 

change,  civilization,  dogma,  future,  growth,  (the) 
kingdom,  opposition,  Providence,  reform. 

PROMISES 

276. 

covenant,  integrity. 

PROPERTY 

277. 

power,  riches. 

PROPHECY 

278. 

future,  inspiration,  leadership,  vision. 

PROSPERITY 

279. 

fortune,  property,  riches,  success. 

PROVIDENCE 

280. 

duty,  God,  guidance,  (the)  individual,  progress,  pur- 
pose (God's  for  us),  trust. 

PRUDENCE. 

281. 

folly,  trust,  warning,  wisdom,  discrimination. 

PUNISHMENT 

see  Judgment,  Retribution. 

PURITY 

282. 

goodness. 

PURPOSE 

283. 

perseverance,  preparation,  will. 

PURPOSE 

(GOD’S  FOR  US) 

284. 

destiny,  (the)  individual,  Providence. 

QUARRELS 

see  Controversy. 

QUIETNESS 

see  Harmony,  Meditation,  Peace,  Rest,  Unrest. 

REALITY 

285. 

eternal,  form,  ideal,  invisible. 

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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


REASON 

286. 

consistency,  prudence,  sign,  wisdom. 

RECEPTIVITY 

287. 

belief,  counsel,  hardness  of  heart,  opportunity,  sensi- 
bility. . 

RECOMPENSE 

288. 

character,  compensation,  continuity — law  of,  growth, 
judgment,  reward. 

RECONCILIATION 

289. 

atonement,  forgiveness,  pardon,  peace. 

RECREATION 

290. 

amusement,  change,  rest,  weariness. 

REDEMPTION 

291. 

atonement,  freedom,  love — Divine,  natural  man,  par- 
don, salvation. 

REFORM 

292. 

evil,  goodness,  opposition,  philanthropy,  progress,  so- 
cial relations. 

REFUGE 

293. 

danger,  help,  security. 

REGENERATION 

294. 

change,  character,  Christ  in  us,  conversion,  faith,  free- 
dom, heart,  higher  life. 

REJECTION 

295. 

choice — eternal,  denial,  invitation,  mercy,  opportunity. 

REJOICING 

see  Joy. 

RELIGION 

296. 

Christianity,  creeds,  God,  unity — Christian,  worship. 

RELIGION 

(PERSONAL) 

297. 

belief,  Christian  life,  God  (man’s  relation  to),  Grace, 
(the)  individual,  piety. 

REMORSE 

298. 

conscience,  darkness,  guilt,  unrest. 

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43 


REPENTANCE 

299. 

conversion,  inquiry,  penitence,  sin. 

REPUTATION 

300. 

character,  fame,  honor,  praise,  social  relations,  worth. 

RESIGNATION 

301. 

affliction,  dependence,  faith,  obedience,  suffering,  trust. 

RESPONSIBILITY 

302. 

liberty — Christian,  obedience,  opportunity,  service,  so- 
cial relations,  will. 

REST 

303. 

conflict,  peace,  recreation. 

RESURRECTION 

304. 

hope,  immortality,  joy. 

RETRIBUTION 

305. 

choice— eternal,  Christ  (the  judge),  future  life,  hell, 
judgment,  justice,  reward,  sin. 

REVELATION 

306. 

blindness,  capacity,  eternal,  higher  life,  Holy  Spirit, 
inspiration,  light,  receptivity,  regeneration,  sign,  spir- 
itual life,  vision. 

REVENGE 

307. 

forbearance,  forgiveness. 

REVERENCE 

308. 

profanity,  Sabbath,  worship. 

REVIVALS 

309. 

see  Evangelism. 

REWARD 

see  Blessing,  Praise,  Recompense. 

RICHES 

310. 

avarice,  money,  prosperity,  stewardship. 

RIDICULE 

311. 

courage,  kindness,  opposition. 

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RIGHT 

312. 

compromise,  courage,  duty,  evil,  goodness,  integrity. 

RIC?r?TE°USNESS  Christian>  goodness,  piety,  (the)  wicked. 


SABBATH 

314. 

rest,  reverence. 

SACRAMENTS 

315. 

baptism,  communion,  covenant,  worship. 

SACRIFICE 

316. 

atonement,  consecration,  redemption,  rewards,  unsel- 
nshness. 

SALVATION 

317. 

chojce-eternal,  gospel,  justification,  (the)  kingdom, 

SANTIFICATION 

see  Christ  in  us,  Consecration,  Discipline,  Growth,  Per- 
fection,  Worldliness. 

SECOND  ADVENT  (the)  kingdom 


SECURITY 

319. 

assurance,  danger,  refuge. 

SEED 

320. 

growth  (Christian),  influence,  inquiry,  patience,  trivial. 

SELF 

321. 

personality. 

SELF-CONSCIOUS- 

NESS 

322. 

personality,  self-knowledge. 

SELF-CONTROL 

323. 

Christian  life,  forbearance,  liberty — Christian,  tongue, 
will.  6 

SELF-CULTURE 

324. 

education,  (the)  individual,  opportunity. 

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45 


SELF-DENIAL 

i 325. 

duty,  pleasure,  sacrifice,  unselfishness. 

SELF-FORGET- 
* FULNESS 

see  Consecration,  Sacrifice,  Self-Consciousness. 

SELF-KNOWL- 

EDGE 

326. 

conscience,  meditation. 

SELF-RELIANCE 

327. 

belief,  fear,  independence,  self-control. 

SELF-REVERENCE  conviction,  personality. 

328. 

SELF-  dependence,  humility,  morality,  pharisaism,  selfishness, 

RIGHTEOUSNESS 

329. 

a 


SELFISHNESS 

. 330. 

benevolence,  unselfishness,  self-righteousness. 

SENSIBILITY 

331. 

blindness,  health — spiritual,  hearing,  receptivity,  reve- 
lation, spirituality,  vision. 

SERVICE 

332. 

Christian  life,  stewardship,  usefulness,  zeal. 

SHAME 

333. 

conviction,  guilt,  honor,  ridicule. 

SICKNESS 

334. 

affliction,  healing,  sorrow,  trouble. 

a 

SIGN 

335. 

belief,  hardness  of  heart,  influence,  revelation,  skepti- 
cism. 

SIN 

336. 

compromise,  confession,  conscience,  evil,  forgiveness, 
freedom,  penitence,  receptivity,  redemption,  retribu- 
tion, salvation  temptation,  unbelief. 

46  BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


SINCERITY 

337. 

courage,  heart,  honesty,  integrity,  pharisaism,  piety, 
truth,  veracity. 

SKEPTICISM 

338. 

atheism,  doubt,  infidelity,  sign,  truth,  unbelief. 

SLANDER 

see  Judgment  (of  others). 

SOCIAL  RELA- 
TIONS 

339. 

affections,  business,  class,  conduct,  custom,  character, 
friendship,  influence,  judgment  (of  others),  living, 
sympathy,  reputation,  society. 

SOCIAL  SERVICE 

340. 

brotherhood,  compassion,  philanthropy,  progress,  re- 
form. 

SOCIETY 

341. 

civilization,  fellowship,  government,  progress,  reform, 
social  relations. 

SORROW 

342. 

affliction,  comfort. 

SOUL 

343. 

evangelism,  (the)  individual,  integrity,  personality, 
salvation,  veracity. 

SOWING 

see  Building,  Influence,  (Personal),  Seed. 

SPEAKING 

344. 

tongue,  witnessing,  words. 

SPIRIT 

345. 

reality,  supernatural. 

SPIRITUAL  LIFE 

346. 

life,  man,  revelation. 

SPIRITUALITY 

347. 

God  (man’s  relation  to),  health — spiritual,  higher  life, 
Holy  Spirit. 

STANDARDS 


see  Compromise,  Example,  Ideal,  Right. 


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47 


STEADFASTNESS 

i 348. 

backsliding,  faith,  fidelity,  independence. 

STEWARDSHIP 

* 349. 

giving,  responsibility,  riches. 

STRENGTH 

350. 

faith,  fortitude,  independence,  providence,  self-reliance, 
trust. 

STRIFE 

351. 

controversy,  peace,  reconciliation,  unrest. 

STRUGGLE 

352. 

Gethsemane,  higher  life,  self-control,  victory. 

SUCCESS 

353. 

fame,  fortune,  honor,  prosperity,  reputation,  victory. 

SUFFERING 

* 354. 

affliction,  discipline,  Gethsemane,  sickness. 

# SUPERNATURAL 

355.  . 

God  (incarnate),  Grace,  miracle,  mystery,  reality, 
spirit. 

SUPERSTITION 

356. 

darkness,  error,  ignorance,  mystery. 

SUSPICION 

357. 

doubt,  fear,  judgment  (of  others). 

SYMBOL 

see  Form. 

SYMPATHY 

358. 

affections,  appreciation,  benevolence,  comfort,  com- 
munion, compassion,  fellowship,  help,  loneliness,  so- 
cial relations. 

TEACHING 

359. 

Counsel,  education,  guidance,  influence — personal, 
leadership. 

TEMPER 

see  Anger,  Self-control. 

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TEMPERANCE 

360. 

amusement,  liberty — Christian,  self-control. 

TEMPTATION 

361. 

choice,  Christian  life,  -compromise,  delusion,  danger, 
evil,  idolatry,  influence,  preparedness,  strength,  tests.' 

TESTS 

362. 

choice,  discipline,  faith,  fruits,  invitation,  judgment,  re- 
jection, temptation. 

THANKFULNESS 

see  Blessings,  Gratitude. 

THOUGHTS 

363. 

intelligence. 

THRIFT 

364. 

business,  integrity,  industry,  prosperity,  work. 

TIME 

365. 

eternity,  industry,  opportunity. 

TOLERANCE 

366. 

brotherhood  of  man,  creeds,  dogma,  unity — Christian. 

TONGUE 

367. 

self-control,  speaking,  words. 

TRIALS 

see  Afflictions,  Tests. 

TRIVIAL  (THE) 

368. 

eternal,  fidelity,  humility. 

TROUBLE 

369. 

adversity,  anxiety  discipline. 

anxiety,  authority,  comfort,  dependence,  faith,  fear, 

TRUST 

370. 

future,  God  (the  Father),  guidance,  independence, 
Providence. 

TRUTH 

371. 

belief,  delusion,  dogma,  eternal,  freedom,  knowledge, 
oath,  sincerity,  skepticism,  veracity. 

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49 


UNBELIEF 

372. 

blindness,  darkness,  doubt,  hardness  of  heart,  indif- 
ference, skepticism,  superstition. 

UNCONVERTED, 

(THE) 

373. 

hardness  of  heart,  indifference,  invitation,  natural 
man,  unbelief,  unrest,  wicked. 

UNDERSTANDING 

374. 

discernment,  intelligence,  receptivity,  vision,  wisdom. 

UNITY,  CHRISTIAN  brotherhood  (of  man),  (the)  kingdom,  tolerance 
375. 


UNREST 

376. 

God — search  for,  conviction,  peace,  remorse,  salva- 
tion, strife,  unbelief. 

UNSELFISHNESS 

377. 

benevolence,  consecration,  good  works,  sacrifice. 

USEFULNESS 

378. 

service,  stewardship. 

VANITY 

see  Egotism,  Pride,  Self-righteousness. 

VERACITY 

379. 

heart,  integrity,  motive,  sincerity,  truths 

VICES 

380. 

evil,  profanity,  reform,  sin. 

VICTORY 

381. 

conflict,  higher  life,  struggle,  worldliness. 

VIRTUE 

382. 

goodness,  righteousness. 

VISION 

383. 

discernment,  dream,  faith,  inspiration,  prophecy,  reve- 
lation. 

VOCATION 

384. 

business,  purpose  (God’s  for  us),  work,  young  men. 

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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— HOMILETICS 


WARFARE 

sec  Conflict. 

WARNING 

385. 

counsel,  danger,  invitation,  opportunity,  preparedness, 
rejection. 

WATCHFULNESS 

see  Preparedness,  Temptation. 

WEAKNESS 

386. 

backsliding,  character,  courage,  decision,  sincerity, 
strength. 

WEARINESS 

387. 

rest,  strength,  work,  zeal. 

WICKED 

388. 

class. 

WILL 

389. 

action,  desire,  perseverance,  purpose,  responsibility. 

WISDOM 

390. 

counsel,  discernment,  intelligence,  knowledge,  pru- 
dence, vision,  understanding. 

WITNESSING 

391. 

Christian  life,  denial,  influence — personal,  obedience. 

WORDS 

392. 

influence,  speaking,  tongue. 

WORK 

393. 

action,  industry,  vocation. 

WORLDLINESS 

394. 

business,  holiness,  idolatry,  indifference,  pleasure, 
riches,  sanctification,  temptation,  unbelief. 

WORRY 

395. 

anxiety,  contentment. 

WORSHIP 

396. 

devotion,  God  (man’s  relation  to),  prayer,  reverence, 
Sabbath. 

WORTH 

397. 

appreciation,  character,  integrity,  reputation. 

YOUNG  MEN 

398. 

business,  character,  counsel,  discipline,  education, 
temptation,  vocation. 

YOUTH 

399. 

age,  counsel,  children. 

ZEAL 

400. 

backsliding,  consecration,  emotion,  enthusiasm,  fana- 
ticism, service. 

BESTOOL  SOCIAL  REFORM 


ANARCHISM 

1. 


BOYS 

2. 


CAPITAL 

3. 


Note. — Sub-divisions  under  subjects  need  not  be  used 
until  amount  of  material  makes  it  necessary, 
e.g.,  Child,  Crime,  etc. 

see  also  Government,  Liberty. 


Arbitration  see  International  Relations,  Labor  vs. 
Capital. 

Birth-rate  see  Population. 

Blind  see  Dependent  Classes — Blind. 

see  also  Child. 

Federated  Boys’  Clubs,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Association  Press,  124  East  28th  St.,  New  York. 

Boy  Scout  Headquarters,  200  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 
Big  Brother  Movement,  200  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 

see  also  Industry,  Labor  vs.  Capital,  Money,  Privi- 
lege, Trusts  and  Corporations. 


Capital  Punishment  see  Crime — Punishment. 

Charities  see  Social  Relief — Methods. 

CHILD  see  also  Boys,  Family. 

CHILD — CRIME  National  Conference  on  the  Education  of  Dependent, 

& DELINQUENCY  Backw  ard  and  Delinquent  Children.  Elmer  L.  Cof- 
feen,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Westboro,  Mass. 


CHILD-LABOR  National  Child  Labor  Committee,  105  East  22nd  St., 

New  York. 

National  Consumers’  League,  106  East  19th  St.,  New 
York. 


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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


CHILD-NURTURE 

ETC. 

American  Institute  of  Child  Life,  1714  Chestnut  St., 
Philadelphia. 

National  Congress  of  Mothers,  Loan  and  Trust  Bldg., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Department  of  Child-Helping,  Russell  Sage  Founda- 
tion, 130  East  22nd  St.,  New  York. 

New  York  Child  Welfare  Committee,  200  Fifth  Ave., 
New  York. 

Children’s  Aid  Society,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 
Departrtient  of  Child-Helping,  Russell  Sage  Founda- 
tion, 130  East  22nd  St.,  New  York. 

New  York  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children,  297  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Children’s  Bureau  Department  of  Commerce  and 
Labor,  Washington,  D.  C. 

CHURCH  AND  see  also  Reform,  Social  Service. 

SOCIAL  SERVICE  American  Institute  of  Social  Service,  82  Bible  House 


5. 

New  York. 

The  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ  in 
America.  Commission  on  the  Church  and  Social 
Service.  Rev.  Worth  M.  Tippy,  Secretary,  105  East 
22nd  St.,  New  York. 

Also  Denominational  Headquarters. 

CITIES 

6. 

National  Municipal  League,  703  North  American 
Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

National  City  Planning  Conference,  19  Congress  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

CITIZENSHIP 

7. 

see  also  Government. 

American  Civic  Association,  Richard  B.  Watrous. 
Secretary,  913-14  Union  Trust  Building,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

CLUBS 

8. 

see  also  Social  Settlements,  Societies. 

CO-OPERATION 

9. 

Right  Relationship  League,  813  Metropolitan  Life 
Bldg.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Co-cperative  League  of  America,  70  Fifth  Ave.,  New 
York. 

Corporations  sec  Trusts  and  Corporations. 

COST  OF  LIVING 

10. 

see  also  Co-operation. 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Industrial  Economics  Department. 

BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


53 


COURTS 

11. 

4 

CRIME 

12. 


CRIME- 

CRIMINOLOGY 


CRIME- 

PUNISHMENT 


* 


♦ 


/ DEMOCRACY 

13. 


♦ DEPENDENT 
CLASSES 
14. 


see  also  Crime,  Government. 


see  also  Child — Crime  and  Delinquency. 


American  Institute  of  Criminal  Law  and  Criminology. 
Henry  Buchanan,  Secy.,  University  of  Wisconsin, 
Madison,  Wis. 

Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Crime,  105  East  22d  St., 
New  York. 


National  Prisoners’  Aid  Society,  135  East  15th  St., 
New  York. 

American  Prison  Association,  762  Empire  Building, 
Philadelphia. 

Woman’s  Prison  Association,  110  Second  Ave.,  New 
York. 

Committee  on  Criminal  Courts,  Charity  Organization. 
Society,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 

National  Committee  on  Prison  Labor,  University  Hall, 
Columbia  University,  New  York. 

National  Probation  Association,  58  No.  Pearl  St.,  Al- 
bany, N.  Y. 

New  York  Probation  Association,  38  West  10th  St., 
New  York. 

National  Committee  on  Prisons,  B’way  and  116th  St., 
New  York. 

Prisoners’  Relief  Society,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Currency  see  Money. 


Deaf  and  Dumb  see  Dependent  Classes — Deaf  and 
Dumb. 


Defectives  see  Child — Crime  and  Delinquency,  Crime, 

Dependent  Classes. 

see  also  Government,  Liberty. 


see  also  Insanity,  Poor. 


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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


DEPENDENT 

CLASSES— Blind 


DEPENDENT 
CLASSES— Deaf 
and  Dumb 


DEPENDENT 
CLASSES— Feeble- 
minded 


DEPENDENT 
CLASSES— Old 
Age 


EDUCATION 

15. 


American  Association  for  the  Conservation  of  Vision, 
25  West  39th  St.,  New  York. 

National  Committee  for  Prevention  of  Blindness,  The 
Russell  Sage  Foundation,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 
American  Association  of  Workers  for  the  Blind,  911 
Franklin  Ave.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


American  Association  to  Promote  the  Teaching  of 
Speech  to  the  Deaf,  Volta  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 
National  Association  of  the  Deaf,  P.  O.  Box  23,  Los 
Angeles,  Calif. 


American  Association  for  the  Study  of  the  Feeble- 
minded, Faribault,  Minn. 

National  Association  for  the  Study  and  Education  of 
Exceptional  Children,  “Watchung  Crest,”  Plainfield, 
N.  J. 


Direct  Government  see  Democracy,  Government-Re- 
form. 


Disease  see  Health — Pathology. 


Disease,  Industrial  see  Labor- — Protection. 


Divorce  see  Family. 


see  also  Child-Nurture,  Vocation. 

National  Education  Association,  118  Wabasha  St., 
Winona,  Minn. 

General  Education  Board,  17  Battery  Place,  New  York. 


Eugenics  see  Family. 

Factory  Inspection  see  Labor — Protection. 


Factory  System  see  Industry,  Labor — Conditions  of 
Work/ 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


So 


FAMILY 

* 16. 

♦ 

see  also  Child,  Woman. 

Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ.  Commis- 
sion on  Family  Life,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 
National  League  for  the  Protection  of  the  Family, 
14  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

National  Congress  of  Mothers  and  Parent-Teacher 
Associations,  910  Washington  Loan  and  Trust  Bldg., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

FAMILY- 

EUGENICS 

American  Social  Hygiene  Association,  105  West  40th 
St.,  New  York. 

Bureau  of  Social  Hygiene,  P.  O.  Box  579,  New  York. 
Eugenics  Record  Office,  Cold  Spring  Harbor,  L.  I. 
National  Conference  on  Race  Betterment,  Miss  Emily 
F.  Robins,  Sec’y,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

FAMILY— Mar- 
riage and  Divorce 

FAMILY— 
Social  Evil 

* 

National  Vigilance  Committee,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  New 
York. 

National  Christian  League  for  the  Promotion  of  Pur- 
ity, 5 East  12th  St.,  New  York. 

World’s  Purity  Federation,  La  Crosse,  Wisconsin. 
New  York  Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Vice,  140 
Nassau  St.,  New  York. 

American  Social  Hygiene  Assn.,  105  West  40th  St., 
New  York. 

Feeble-Minded  see  Dependent  Classes — Feeble-Mind- 
ed. 

Free  Speech  see  Liberty  of  Speech. 

GOVERNMENT 

17. 

see  also  Citizenship,  Democracy,  Liberty,  Socialism. 

GOVERNMENT— 
> DISCUSSION 

Discussion. 

Reform  (Including  Initiative,  etc.) 

GOVERNMENT— 

* REFORM  (Includ- 
ing  Initiative, 
etc.) 

National  Popular  Government  League,  637  Munsey 
Bldg.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Joseph  Fels  International  Commission,  122  East  37th 
St.,  New  York. 

56 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


GOVERNMENT- 

Types  and  Experiments. 

TYPES  AND  EX- 
PERIMENTS 

see  also  Social  Trend. 

Government  Ownership  see  Public  Ownership. 

GRAFT 

see  Citizenship. 

HEALTH 

18. 

see  also  Recreation,  Tuberculosis. 

HEALTH- 

EDUCATION 

(Research,  Disease  Prevention.) 

American  Public  Health  Association,  755  Boylston  St.,. 
Boston,  Mass. 

Committee  of  One  Hundred  on  National  Health,  203- 
East  27th  St.,  New  York. 

American  Academy  of  Medicine,  52  North  4th  St.,. 
Easton,  Pa. 

Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Department,  The  Russell  Sage 
Foundation,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 

American  Medical  Association,  535  Dearborn  St.,. 
Chicago,  111, 

International  Health  Commission  (Part  of  Rockefeller,. 
Foundation),  Southern  Bldg.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
American  Physical  Education  Association,  93  West- 
ford  Ave.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Health  Education  League,  8 Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass.51 
Health  and  Efficiency  League  of  America,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

HEALTH- 

PATHOLOGY 

HEALTH- 

PERSONAL 

HYGIENE 

American  Association  for  Promoting  Hygiene  and 
Public  Baths,  W.  H.  Hale,  Ph.D.,  Sec’y,  Municipal 
Bldg.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

American  School  Hygiene  Association,  Secretary 
Thomas  A.  Storey,  M.D.,  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

HEALTH- 
PUBLIC  HYGIENE 

Hospitals  see  Health — Pathology,  Social  Relief — In- 
stitutions. 


Hours  of  Labor  see  Labor — Contract. 


ERRATA 


p.  20  “Cheerfulness”  is  cross  reference  only. 

Delete  No.  34. 

p.  48  Second  line  of  subjects  opp.  “Trouble”  should  be 
first  line  of  following  subject  “Trust.” 

p.  55  Delete  2 lines  opp.  “Government-Discussion.” 

p.  56  Delete  “Types  and  Experiments,”  margin,  line  2.^ 
Set  “See  also  Social  Trend”  with  line  above. 

p.  60  Delete  “Prostitution”  from  margin. 

General  Caution 

DO  NOT  file  under  un-numbered  subjects  with  see 
reference. 


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57 


^HOUSING 

19. 

♦ 

National  Housing  Association,  105  East  22d  St.,  New 
York. 

Tenement  House  Committee,  Charity  Organization 
Society,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 

IMMIGRATION 

20. 

see  also  International  Relations,  Race  Problems. 

IMMIGRATION- 

RESTRICTION 

CON. 

National  Immigration  League,  150  Nassau  St.,  New 
York. 

IMMIGRATION- 

RESTRICTION 

PRO. 

Immigration  Restriction  League,  11  Pemberton 
Square,  Boston,  Mass. 

IMMIGRATION — North  American  Civic  League  for  Immigrants,  173 
IMMIGRANT  AID  State  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


Immigrant  Educational  Bureau,  109  Washington  St., 
Providence,  R.  I. 

National  Americanization  Committee,  35  West  39th 
St.,  New  York. 

Neighbors’  League  of  America,  Room  1001,  23  East 
26th  St.,  New  York. 

Industrial  Education  see  Education,  Vocation. 

INDUSTRY 

21. 

see  also  Labor,  Trusts  and  Corporations.. 

INSANITY 

22. 

National  Committee  for  Mental  Hygiene,  39  Church 
St.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

State  Charities  Aid  Association  Committee  on  Mental 
Hygiene,  Room  702,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 

INSURANCE, 

SOCIAL— 

* INDUSTRIAL 

23. 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Compensation  Department ; Industrial  Insurance  Com- 
mission. 

'"INSURANCE, 
SOCIAL- 
STATE  AND 
COMPULSORY 

International  Congress  on  Social  Insurance,  130  East 
22d  St.,  New  York. 

58 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM-rSOCIAL  REFORM 


INTERNATIONAL 

RELATIONS 

24. 

see  also  Militarism. 

American  Peace  Society,  31  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
American  Society  for  Judicial  Settlement  of  Interna- 
tional Disputes,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Carnegie  Endowment  for  International  Peace,  2 Jack- 
son  Place,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ,  Commis- 
sion on  Peace  and  Arbitration,  105  East  22d  St.,  New 
York. 

World  Peace  Foundation,  40  Mt.  Vernon  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Juvenile  Delinquency  see  Child — Crime  and  Delin- 
quency. 

LABOR 

25. 

see  also  Child — Labor,  Insurance — Social,  Woman — 
Employment. 

LABOR- 
GENERAL  CON- 
DITIONS AND 
MARKET 

American  Association  for  Labor  Legislation,  131  East 
22nd  St.,  New  York. 

Department  of  Labor,  Washington,  D.  C. 
International  Conference  on  Unemployment,  C.  R. 
Crane,  President  of  American  Section,  Chicago,  111. 
American  Association  on  Unemployment,  131  East  23d 
St.,  New  York. 

LABOR- 

CONTRACT 

National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of  U.  S.  A.T 
30  Church  St.,  New  York. 

LABOR- 

ORGANIZATION 

American  Federation  of  Labor,  801-809  G.  St.,  N.  W., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

LABOR—  * 
PROTECTION 

See  also  Legislation. 

American  Association  for  Labor  Legislation,  1 Madi- 
son Ave.,  New  York. 

National  Council  of  Industrial  Safety,  Continental 
National  Bank  Bldg.,  Chicago,  111. 

Workmans’  Compensation  Publicity  Bureau,  80  Maid- 
en Lane,  New  York. 

LABOR— VS. 
CAPITAL 

National  Civic  Federation  Industrial  Conciliation  De- 
partment, 1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 

Committee  on  Industrial  Relations,  Dante  BartonU 
Sec.,  320  B’way,  New  York. 

Law  see  Courts,  Lawlessness,  Legislation.  ^ 

LAWLESSNESS 

26. 

see  also  Anarchy,  Courts,  Crime,  Liberty. 

BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


59 


LEGISLATION 

27. 

see  also  Government,  Reform. 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Department  of  Uniform  State  Legislation. 

LIBERTY 

28. 

see  also  Anarchism,  Democracy. 

LIBERTY— 

OF  SPEECH 
LIQUOR  QUES- 
TION 

29. 

Anti-Saloon  League  of  America,  Box  A.  K.,  Wester- 
ville, Ohio. 

Federal  Council  of  the  Churches  of  Christ,  Commission 
on  Temperance,  105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York. 

Free  Speech  League,  56  East  59th  St.,  New  York. 
National  Free  Speech  Committee,  Box  47,  Station  D, 
New  York. 

National  Temperance  Society  and  Publication  House, 
3 East  14th  St.,  New  York. 

National  Prohibition  Press,  106  N.  La  Salle  St.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

National  Woman’s  Christian  Temperance  Union, 
Evanston,  111. 

New  York  Anti-Saloon  League,  110  East  123d  St., 
New  York. 

United  Brewers’  Association,  50  Union  Sq.,  New  York. 

Marriage  and  Divorce  see  Family— Marriage  and  Di- 
vorce. 

MILITARISM 

30. 

American  Association  for  International  Conciliation, 
401  West  116th  St.,  New  York. 

World  Peace  Foundation,  29a  Beacon  St.,  Boston. 
Anti-Imperialist  League,  4.0  Central  St.,  Boston. 

MONEY 

31. 

see  also  Capital,  Wealth. 

Municipal  Ownership  see  Cities,  Public  Ownership. 

NEGRO 

32. 

see  also  Race  Problems. 

National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored 

* 

E7 

People,  70  Fifth  Ave,  New  York. 

Armstrong  Association  of  New  York,  39  East  42d  St., 
New  York. 

National  Condition  on  'Urban  Conditions  Among  Ne- 
groes, 110  West  40th  St.,  New  York. 

Old  Age  see  Dependent  Classes — Old  Age,  Insurance, 
Social — State  and  Compulsory. 


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BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


PHILANTHROPY 

33. 

Peace  see  International  Relations,  Militarism. 

e 

Pensions  see  Insurance,  Social — State  and  Compul- 
sory. 

see  also  Social  Service,  Social  Settlements. 

Physical  Education  see  Health — Personal  Hygiene. 
Politics  see  Citizenship,  Government. 

POOR 

34. 

see  also  Cost  of  Living,  Dependent  Classes,  Housing* 
Insurance — Social,  Labor,  Social  Relief — Methods. 

POPULATION 

35. 

see  also  Cost  of  Living,  Family,  Health,  Housing,  Race 
Problems. 

Poverty  see  Poor. 

Prices  see  Cost  of  Living. 

Prison  Reform  see  Crime — Punishment.  * 

PRIVILEGE 

36. 

see  also  Wealth. 

Probation  see  Crime — Punishment. 

PROGRESS 

37. 

see  also  Reform,  Social  Trend. 

PROSTITUTION 

Prostitution  see  Family — Social  Evil. 

PUBLIC  OWNER- 
SHIP 

38. 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Public  Ownership  Commission. 

Bureau  of  Railway  Economics,  Washington,  D.  C. 

RACE  PROBLEMS 

39. 

see  also  Immigration,  Negro. 

World  Conference  for  Promoting  Inter-Racial  Con- 
cord., G.  Spiller,  Secy.,  63  So.  Hill  Park,  London,  N. 
W.,  England.  A 

Recall  see  Courts,  Government — Reform. 

RECREATION 

40. 

Playground  Association  of  America,  1 Madison  Ave., 
New  York. 

Department  of  Child  Hygiene  of  the  Russell  Sage 
Foundation,  400  Metropolitan  Tower,  New  York. 

BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


61 


RECREATION 

(Continued) 


REFORM 

41. 


Parks  and  'Playgrounds  Association  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  1123  Broadway,  Room  1118. 

National  Board  of  Review  of  Motion  Pictures,  70 
Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Referendum  see  Democracy,  Government,  Legislation. 

see  also  Church  and  Social  Service,  Social  Relief,  So- 
cial Trend. 

International  Reform  Bureau,  206  Penn.  Ave.,  S.  E., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

New  York  Civic  League,  61  State  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Sanitation  see  Health — Public  Hygiene. 

Settlements  see  Social  Settlements. 

Social  Center  see  Recreation. 


Social  Evil  see  Family — Social  Evil. 

SOCIAL  RELIEF — Charity  Organizaeion  Society  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
METHODS  105  East  22nd  St.,  New  York. 

42.  National  Conference,  315  Plymouth  Court,  Chicago, 

111. 

New  York  Conference  of  Charities  and  Corrections, 
287  Fourth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Russell  Sage  Foundation,  130  East  22nd  St.,  New 
York. 

State  Charities  Aid  Association,  105  East  22nd  St.,  New 
York. 


SOCIAL  RELIEF- 
INSTITUTIONS 


SOCIAL  SERVICE  see  also  Church  and  Social  Service. 

43. 


SOCIAL  SERVICE- 
THEORY 


SOCIAL  SERVICE — (Preventive  and  Educational)  see  also  under  Special 
INSTITUTIONS  Problems,  e.g.,  Health,  Housing. 

SOCIAL  SETTLE-  see  also  Poor. 

MENTS 

44. 


62 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


SOCIAL  TREND 

45. 


SOCIAL  SURVEY 


SOCIALISM 

46. 


SOCIETIES 

47. 


TAXATION 

48. 


TRUSTS  AND  COR- 
PORATIONS 

49. 


TUBERCULOSIS 

50. 


see  also  Progress,  Woman. 

(Condition  or  events  in  localities.) 

see  Social  Relief — Method. 


see  also  Co-operation,  Democracy,  Public  Ownership. 

Intercollegiate  Socialist  Society,  105  West  40th  St., 
New  York. 

Rand  School  of  Social  Science,  140  East  19th  St.,  New 
York. 

Socialist  Party,  Information  Dept.,  803  West  Madison 
St.,  Chicago,  111. 


see  also  Social  Relief — Institutions,  Social  Service — 
Institutions. 


(The)  State  see  Government. 
Strikes  see  Labor  vs.  Capital. 


Suffrage  see  also  Government,  Woman  Suffrage. 


Survey  see  Social  Relief-Methods. 
Syndicalism  see  Labor-Organization. 


Temperance  see  Liquor  Question. 


Trade  Union  see  Labor — Organization. 


see  also  Capital,  Industry. 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York. 
Department  on  Regulation  of  Combinations  and 
Trusts. 


National  Association  for  the  Study  and  Prevention  of 
Tuberculosis,  105-  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 

Committee  on  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis  of  the  Rus- 
sell Sage  Foundation,  105  East  22d  St.,  New  York. 


BESTOOL  SYSTEM— SOCIAL  REFORM 


63 


VOCATION 

51. 

A 

Unemployed  see  Labor — General  Condition  and  Mar- 
ket. 

National  Society  for  the  Promotion  of  Industrial  Edu- 
cation, 140  West  42nd  St.,  New  York. 

Vocation  Bureau  of  Boston,  6 Beacon  St.,  Boston. 

W 

Wages  see  Cost  of  Living,  Labor — Contract. 

WEALTH 

52. 

see  also  Privilege. 

Welfare  Work  see  Labor — Protection. 

WOMAN 

52. 

see  also  Family. 

International  Council  of  Women,  Dr.  Alice  Solomon, 
Secy.,  Neue  Ansbacher,  Str.  7,  Berlin,  Germany. 
Woman’s  Educational  and  Industrial  Union,  264 
Boylston  St.,  Boston. 

WOMAN-EMPLOY- 

MENT 

& 

see  also  Labor — Contract. 

National  Consumers’  League,  105  East  22nd  St.,  New 
York. 

ip  * 

National  Civic  Federation,  1 Madison  Ave.,  New 
York.  Woman’s  Department. 

National  Women’s  Trade  Union  League,  127  Dear- 
born Street,  Chicago. 

National  League  of  Women  Workers,  Miss  Jean 
Hamilton,  Secy.,  Hotel  Savoy,  New  York. 

WOMAN- 

SUFFRAGE 

National  League  for  the  Civic  Education  of  Women,  4 
West  47th  St.,  New  York. 

Workingman  see  Labor. 

Workman’s  Compensation  see  Labor — Protection. 

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